FogHive©: Fog collection & sustainable architecture in the Atacama Coast

Suau, Cristian 2011. FogHive©: Fog collection & sustainable architecture in the Atacama Coast. Made 6 , pp. 31-40.

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Abstract

It seems imperative to integrate renewable energy and climatic design in zero-carbon buildings in arid lands by employing natural and social science based innovations applied in natural or built environs. The aim of this initial research is twofold: on one hand, to establish general climatic design codes for potential fog collection in different scales and, on another hand, to augment the rate and yield of fog collection used for irrigation and also drinking water in natural and urban areas. The purpose is to incorporate zero-carbon design in sustainable landscape and architectural design and thus envision potential inhabitation through autonomous space-frame configurations along the coast of Tarapacá Region, Chile. In a sequential way, FogHive© distinguishes three scales of interventions: territorial, local and domestic. FogHive© integrates climatic, structural and constructional factors by employing agile space-frame fogtraps; implementing appropriate low-passive energy technologies; and combining hydrophobic and shading fabrics. FogHive© upgrades the following aspects: 1. Increasing rate and yield of advection fog by taking into account harvesting rate and climatic parameters 2. Structural reinforcement of fog collectors through lightweight, modular and deployable polygonal space-frames 3. Reducing installation and maintenance of fog collection (material research) 4. Purification of drinking water due to concentrations of pollutants 5. Lowering frame impacts on ground and surrounding mainly in lomas The survey methods consist of a literature review; fieldwork; a comparative analysis of existing fog collection’s techniques; and climatic design simulations.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Architecture
Subjects:	N Fine Arts > NA Architecture T Technology > TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering
Uncontrolled Keywords:	3D fog collectors, Deployable frames, Irrigation water in arid lands
Publisher:	Welsh School of Architecture
ISSN:	1742-416X
Last Modified:	19 Mar 2016 22:24
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/15008

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